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Prohibit Intense suits someone drawn to intense white-floral fragrances, with orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose forming a rich core over a musky woody base, versatile enough for day or night through the shoulder seasons.
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Main AccordsScent family: Floral Woody Musk
Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Prohibit Intense opens with bergamot and pear, moving through orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose into a patchouli, ambroxan, vanilla and vetiver base. The white-floral heart is the dominant character, framed by a soft citrus-fruit opening and a warm, musky woody base. Season votes lean toward spring and autumn, with day and night wear splitting evenly.
Prohibit Intense opens with bergamot and pear, a citrus-fruit pairing that is bright without being sharp, the pear adding a soft juiciness that bergamot alone doesn't have. The middle is a proper white-floral heart: orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose together give a rich, slightly heady sweetness, with tuberose in particular pushing the composition toward the more intense end of white-floral territory. Underneath, patchouli, ambroxan, vanilla and vetiver form a warm, musky woody base - ambroxan bringing a clean, amber-like radiance and vetiver adding a dry, earthy counterpoint to the vanilla's sweetness. Read as a whole, the fragrance moves from a light citrus-fruit opening into a dense white-floral core before resolving into a soft, musky woody base, making it a floral fragrance with a genuine woody backbone rather than a purely sweet one. The three white florals work in slightly different registers - orange blossom brings a honeyed lightness, jasmine sambac a creamy fullness, and tuberose a waxy, almost rubbery intensity - so the heart reads as layered rather than as one generic 'white flower' accord.
The first phase is led by bergamot and pear, giving a fresh, gently fruity start that does not linger long. As that fades, orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose take over, and this is where the fragrance spends most of its life - a full, slightly heady white-floral phase with tuberose keeping it from reading as delicate. In the later stages, patchouli and ambroxan start to surface underneath the florals, gradually pulling the composition toward a warmer, woodier register, with vetiver's dry earthiness and vanilla's soft sweetness rounding out the base. The transition from floral to woody is gradual rather than abrupt, so the white-floral character tends to linger, softened, even once the base notes have taken hold. Because ambroxan and vetiver both have some diffusive quality of their own, the base does not simply mute the florals - it gives them a slightly different, airier quality than they had at the peak of the middle phase.
Season votes, from a small sample, favour spring (33%) and autumn (28%) over summer (22%) and winter (17%). That fits a composition built around a rich white floral - full-bodied enough for cooler air but not as heavy as a pure oriental, making the shoulder seasons a natural fit.
Both the FG catalogue and Fragrantica list Prohibit Intense as a women's fragrance, and the limited vote data available leans the same way. FG lists it as a women's fragrance accordingly.
Fragrance World positions Prohibit Intense alongside L'Interdit Eau de Parfum by Givenchy, another fragrance built around a prominent white-floral heart. The likeness is in that shared floral intensity rather than an identical note list.
Prohibit Intense suits someone drawn to intense white-floral fragrances, with orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose forming a rich core over a musky woody base, versatile enough for day or night through the shoulder seasons.
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Prohibit Intense opens with bergamot and pear, moving through orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose into a patchouli, ambroxan, vanilla and vetiver base. The white-floral heart is the dominant character, framed by a soft citrus-fruit opening and a warm, musky woody base. Season votes lean toward spring and autumn, with day and night wear splitting evenly. What Does Prohibit Intense Smell Like?Prohibit Intense opens with bergamot and pear, a citrus-fruit pairing that is bright without being sharp, the pear adding a soft juiciness that bergamot alone doesn't have. The middle is a proper white-floral heart: orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose together give a rich, slightly heady sweetness, with tuberose in particular pushing the composition toward the more intense end of white-floral territory. Underneath, patchouli, ambroxan, vanilla and vetiver form a warm, musky woody base - ambroxan bringing a clean, amber-like radiance and vetiver adding a dry, earthy counterpoint to the vanilla's sweetness. Read as a whole, the fragrance moves from a light citrus-fruit opening into a dense white-floral core before resolving into a soft, musky woody base, making it a floral fragrance with a genuine woody backbone rather than a purely sweet one. The three white florals work in slightly different registers - orange blossom brings a honeyed lightness, jasmine sambac a creamy fullness, and tuberose a waxy, almost rubbery intensity - so the heart reads as layered rather than as one generic 'white flower' accord. How Does It Develop Through the Day?The first phase is led by bergamot and pear, giving a fresh, gently fruity start that does not linger long. As that fades, orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose take over, and this is where the fragrance spends most of its life - a full, slightly heady white-floral phase with tuberose keeping it from reading as delicate. In the later stages, patchouli and ambroxan start to surface underneath the florals, gradually pulling the composition toward a warmer, woodier register, with vetiver's dry earthiness and vanilla's soft sweetness rounding out the base. The transition from floral to woody is gradual rather than abrupt, so the white-floral character tends to linger, softened, even once the base notes have taken hold. Because ambroxan and vetiver both have some diffusive quality of their own, the base does not simply mute the florals - it gives them a slightly different, airier quality than they had at the peak of the middle phase. What Season Is It For?Season votes, from a small sample, favour spring (33%) and autumn (28%) over summer (22%) and winter (17%). That fits a composition built around a rich white floral - full-bodied enough for cooler air but not as heavy as a pure oriental, making the shoulder seasons a natural fit. Is It for Men or Women?Both the FG catalogue and Fragrantica list Prohibit Intense as a women's fragrance, and the limited vote data available leans the same way. FG lists it as a women's fragrance accordingly. What Is It Similar To?Fragrance World positions Prohibit Intense alongside L'Interdit Eau de Parfum by Givenchy, another fragrance built around a prominent white-floral heart. The likeness is in that shared floral intensity rather than an identical note list. Who It's ForProhibit Intense suits someone drawn to intense white-floral fragrances, with orange blossom, jasmine sambac and tuberose forming a rich core over a musky woody base, versatile enough for day or night through the shoulder seasons. | Regular price
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| Fragrance World | Eau de Parfum | Floral Woody Musk | Bergamot, Pear | Orange Blossom, Jasmine Sambac, Tuberose | Patchouli, Ambroxan, Vanilla, Vetiver |
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Main AccordsScent family: Floral Woody Musk
Fragrance Notes
The first impression, and usually the lightest part of the fragrance. These notes evaporate first, which is how a fragrance is built to open.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
The main body of the scent, emerging as the top notes fade. It shapes how the fragrance smells once it settles on skin.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
Heavier molecules that evaporate slowly, like woods, musk, amber and oud. They are there from the start, and they are what remains once the rest has faded.
As well as the top notes fading, your nose adapts to a constant scent and stops registering it, while people nearby still smell it. Smell your wrist after leaving the room, or ask someone close.
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